Sunday, February 14, 2010

Israeli Wall Protesters Take On Avatar

They equated their struggle to the intergalactic one portrayed in the film. Israel says the wall is needed for its security. Palestinians consider it a land grab.

AP & Reuters

Published: 00:00 February 14, 2010

Palestinians, Israelis and foreign activists dressed as characters from the movie Avatar campaign against the Israeli wall during a protest in the West Bank village of Bilin near Ramallah on Friday.Image Credit: Reuters

1 comment:

I think it's ironic that as all those phony armchair progressives dither on about whether or not the blue Avatar screen revolutionaries qualify as politically correct, oppressed peoples in the Third World are adopting those images of protest as their own symbolically, in what may come to rival the Che image.